." >> reporter: bye's proposals limit access to assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition clips and levees a 50% sales tax on ammunition. but parts of her bills have already been met by opposition that includes resistance from state senator john mckinney. >> i think if you tax ammunition so high that some people can't afford to buy ammunition, then you've taken away their ability to exercise their second amendment rights. >> reporter: the republican represents newtown, but mckinney's district is also home to gun maker stern ruger and company. >> we need congress to act because if we pass a law in connecticut but the federal government doesn't have the same law, that makes connecticut less safe. >> reporter: connecticut already has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. >> i think what's going to happen here is we're going to divide the responsible gun owners-- who have no problem with some common sense changes-- and the people who think there should be no rules at all. >> reporter: mckinney also attended funerals for several of the sandy hook children. he agrees something has to be